Count Basie - The Chronological Classics- 1946-1947 '1998

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Album name	The Chronological Classics- 1946-1947
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Date	1998
Genre	Jazz
Play time	68:16
Format / Bitrate	Stereo 1420 Kbps / 44.1 kHz MP3 320 Kbps
Media	CD
Size	155 MB(+3\%)
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Tracklist

01. Hob Nail Boogie (2:25)
02. Danny Boy (3:11)
03. Mutton Leg (3:17)
04. Stay on It (3:27)
05. Wild Bills Boogie (2:32)
06. Fla-Ga-La-Pa (3:07)
07. Dont Ever Let Me Be Yours (3:03)
08. Goodbye, Baby (2:18)
09. Bills Mill (2:40)
10. Me and the Blues (2:59)
11. Free Eats (2:56)
12. Brand New Wagon (2:55)
13. Open the Door, Richard (2:42)
14. One OClock Boogie (3:27)
15. Meet Me at No Special Place (3:07)
16. Im Drownin in Your Deep Blue Eyes (2:48)
17. Futile Frustration (3:06)
18. Oh, Lady Be Good (4:25)
19. Jammin on a V-Disc (4:38)
20. Swingin the Blues (3:17)
21. St. Louis Boogie (2:39)
22. Basies Basement (3:17)

Heres a crash course in the flashy post-WWII big band sound of Count Basies
Orchestra. This was a much different act from the Basie band of 1944-45. The
entire presentation had changed considerably in just a couple of years.
Arrangers had a lot to do with such rapid transformation, along with creative
young players like J.J. Johnson, Paul Gonsalves and Illinois Jacquet. Basie
himself was maturing already into that famously glib, tinkling pianist who could
and did occasionally play his ass off. A number of stylistic modes are clearly
at work during the summer of 1946. Two sentimental pop vocals, one lightweight
novelty tune and a solid Jimmy Rushing blues are interspersed with several
exciting instrumentals. Buster Harding cooked up a few heavy-handed boogies,
Tadd Dameron contributed the stimulating, modern composition Stay On It, and
Harry Sweets Edison composed and arranged Mutton Leg, a sizzling feature for
Illinois Jacquet. This would be the saxophonists last extroverted studio
recording with this band, and the eight selections from 1946 were the last of
Basies mid-40s Columbia sides. Signing up with Victor for the next three years,
Basie continued to move in step with rapidly evolving developments in pop, bebop
and rhythm and blues. The Victor sides have not been reissued very often, and
have proved much more difficult to obtain than Basies earlier recordings from
the Columbia and Decca catalogs. The people in charge of the Classics
chronological series are to be commended for making these historical recordings
available. The Victor material is markedly varied, revealing an orchestra
searching for its next stylistic identity. Open the Door, Richard is one of the
coolest versions of this silly piece of neo-vaudeville ever recorded, mainly
because of Harry Sweets Edisons very hip, high-voiced spoken delivery. One
OClock Boogie is recognizable Basie, but two lush ballads, arranged by Hugo
Winterhalter, of all people, are atypical for this band. Futile Frustration,
though nominally co-composed by Basie, is a jaggedly futuristic Raymond
Scott-styled experiment by Jimmy Mundy. Two live V-Disc jams, each exceeding the
four-minute mark, feature Basie and rhythm with a snappy front line of Roy
Eldridge and Illinois Jacquet. Art Ford, square peg in a round universe,
introduces Lady Be Good. Jammin on a V-Disc, which has a line that sounds
uncannily like Sun Ras Space is the Place, runs at a brisk clip with wonderful
solos from both of the horns. Illinois bites the reed to make his sax squeal and
everybody rocks. Buddy Rich is in his element here, as the assignment calls for
furious drumming. This segment of the chronology ends with three excellent
instrumentals including smart remakes of St. Louis Boogie and Swingin the Blues.
The pianist switches over to Hammond organ in the middle of Basies Basement, an
authentically low-down blues graced with echoes of Fats Wallers personality. The
rest of the fine music recorded by Basie and his men during the month of May
1947 appears at the beginning of the next volume of the complete recordings of
Count Basie in chronological order.

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